Lock for automobiles.



W. H. RODGERS.

LOOK FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY z, 1913,

l, 1 27,5 1 Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

WITNESSES ATTQWEYS Efi rases are l FliQ,

WlILLIAM. H. RODGERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TJOCK FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Fehdl, $915.

Application filed 3 .11373, 1913. Serial 1Y0. 777,173.

To-alicvhom it may concern My invention relates to a new and useful lock forthe transmission mechanism as ap-'.

plied to automobiles, and consists of means adapted to enter the slot of a gear shifting table, to. directly engage the gear shifting means therein below the top of the table, in order to lock-the same against movement, and means for'locking said engaging'means to the table.

It further consists of means engaging with the actuating lever to lock the same against lateral movement, when in neutral position, and engaging with the gear shifting means to'lock the same against longitudinal movement, and means for locking the engaging means to the gear shifting table.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail one mechanical form embodying the invention, such de- 'tail construction-being but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used. In said annexed drawingseFigure 1 rep resents a perspective view of a gear shifting table, broken away, showing a portion of the. actuating leverand the lock in position. Fig. 2' represents a perspective view. of the ,lock. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, of a gear shifting table, showing gear shifting means'and the lock in engagement therewith. Fig. 4: rep resents a longitudinal section of a portion of the parts'shown in Fig. 3. Fig.5 represents a sectional view on line wm Figf l.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to thedrawings:'-lt will he understood that in the drawings, I have :shownone form of a gear shifting table and actuating lever, which latter is shown in neutral position, and one form ofgear shiftin means for an automobile, but it will he evident that different makes or styles of ears have different forms of. tables and of gear shifting m'eans,so that the form herein shown is-but one of many to which my invention is applicable;

In the drawings, I have shown a con-, struction of table and gear shifting means known as the selective type, but my invention is adapted for usewith the so-called, progressive type, as well.

l designates a gear shifting table having a s0-called shifting gate, consisting of slots, in which the actuating lever 2, is moved, in

order that the same may be placed in engagement with the difiereut gear shifting means, to vary the speed of the car or to reverse the same, or can be moved to neutral position out of engagement with the gear shifting means, in which position the gear shifting means are also in neutral position, with the gears out of engagement,

It will be understood that the actuating lever is adapted to be thrown into or out oi -engagement with the gear shifting means, which may be of any suitable construction, and as here shown, consist of gear shifting arms 3 and 4, one carried by a sleeve 5 and the other carried by a sleeve 6, which also carry or are connected with arms 7 and 8 connected to the movable gears, so that when either of the shifting arms 3 or 4 are properly engaged with the lever 2 and movedlongitudinally, the proper gear is thrown into engagement, in order to control the driving means, it being understood further that the shifting arms 3 and i, as

here illustrated, are each provided with a 1 suitable recess 9 adapted for the reception of the actuating lever 2, when the said lever is moved to accomplish this engagement, and that when the said actuatinglever is in neutral position, that is, in the form shown in the drawing in the cross slot of the shift 'as cylindrical, carrying a suitable lock proper, such as a Yale lock, 11.

-- 12- designates a rod carried by'the lock 11,.

capable of rotation when the ock is actuated, which 'rod extends downwardly a sufiicient' distance in order to enter the slot of the gear shitting table 1 and topermit of a member 13, carried by said rod 12, to be turned with the rod, in order that the said meml or 13 will engage under the wall of the top plate 1e oi the gear table 1.

in the form here shown, i'liave provided an arm 15 extending from the body portion 10 havine' a denendimr white or mem-- belt 16 which is adapted to enter one oi the slots of the gear table, and in thepresent instance, 1 have "shown a second arm 17 eX- tending at an angle from the. member 16 and an arm 18 LXtQllllllll); anfjularly from the arm and a second plate or member 19 ends from the said arm 18, so that the two members or plates 16 and 19 are lly opposed with a space therebetween, forming a, yol e like structure, said second member 1%) being also adapted to en ter a slot of the gear tab e, otthe construction shown in the drawings, with the actuating lever 2 extending upwardly therebetween, and said members are adapted to enter the recesses 9 of the gear shitting means to directly engage therewith, below the top oil the table, so that when the member 13 oi the lock is turned to engage the nnderside of the top plate 14% of the table 1, and the key of the lock is removed, the de vice will be firmly and positively secured in position, and movement of the gear shifting :means from neutral. position will be positively prevented, while at the same time, by reason of the situation of the members 16 and 19, within the slots and upon opposite sides oi the actuating lever 2, this lever will.

also be locked in position, so that movement of this lever will be positively preyented, that is to say, I have provided means engaging with the actuating ;lever to lock the same against lateral movement and engaging with the gear shifting means to lock the same against longitudinal movement 'so that it,

will be impossible to start the machine, under any circumstances, without first removing the loch.

As will be noted, each of said members 16' and 19 are situated between the sides of the lever 2 and the gear shifting means'S and l depending downwardly within the table in close proximity to the respective sides of the lever in the drawings, l have shown the members as being preferably curved outwardly at their lower ends, in order to abut with the sides of the gear shifting means,

and I have provided a flange or r b 20 eX- tending a suitable distance on the outer face oi: each of the members 10 and 19, in order that the ribs will bear against the gear actu-' atino; means, while the inner 'l'acc of the members bear against the sides of the lever and the whole lock will act in such a manner as to provide means whereby the arm, projecting from one lever 2, the gear shitting means 25 and l, I

and the gear table 1 are all looked together firmly and positively.

To remove the lock, it is only necessary to insert the proper lreyfturn the lock, and so turn the rod 12 into the position that the member 13 thereot'be released from engagement with the underside of the top wall of the gear table 1, the entire lock can be removed from engagement with the actuating lever 2. and the gear shitting means 3 and 4 L,

1* or convenience, I provide a handle 21 on the device, which extends in a suitable manner to be grasped by the hand of the operator. 3

Other modes of a ')plying the principle of my invention may be employed for the mode herein explained. Change may thereiore be made as regards the mechanism thus dis closed, providedthe principles of construction set forth respectively in the following claims are employed.

Having :thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi

1. In a loclrfor automobiles, a yoke-like body, members projecting downwardly from the opposite sides thereof and adapted to enter different slots in a gear table, and on opposite sides of thegear shifting lever, and having their ends extend suiiiciently below the top of said gear table to engage with the gear shitting means therein, an arm extending Irom one side of said body, and

a lock carried by said arm and having a locking member extending below the lower wall of said lock, and adapted to enter one of the said slots of the said gear table, and to be actuated to engage beneath thetop wall of the table, when. the device is in operative position, to lock said gear shifting lever and said gear shifting means with respect to each other and with respect to said table.

2. In a lock for automobiles, a U-shaped body, members projecting downwardly from the opposite sides thereof, said members being adapted to enter different slots of a gear table and on opposite sides of the gear shifting lever, when in neutral position, an end of said. body, and a lock carried by said arm and having a locking member situated at adistan'ce below the bottom of. said lock and adapted to enter one of the slots of the gear table and, to be actuated to engage withlthe bottom wall of the top of said table when the device is inoperative position.

WILLIAM H. RODGERS.

vVitnesses'. I

WM. Canes WmnnRsm- (3. D. MOVAY.

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